Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-13

The public-sch0ol teachers are coming home in
little Squads with well-browned faces and lungs
filled with the ozone of the mountain or the sea.
| Their labors Will begin next Monday, and mean
while they meet In the Offices OF the supervising
principals and talk over their summer expert
ences. The boys and girls, too, are coming home
the country, and their faces are getting long
at the thought that the last week OF vacation Is
fast passing away. 1t is expected that the regu-
lations for opening the schools will be the same,
practically, as those OF former years. At the meet
ing OF the school board tonight, however. some
notifications may be made.
PROPOSED CHANGES.
At recent meeting, following up suggestion
tee was appointed to inquire into the expediency
Of having tickets of admission to the schools issued
from the different buildings in each division in
stead OF from the Office OF the supervising principal
Instability OF restricting the attendance at each
school building to certain territorial limits
Is ca%sd e as 70 Inc o. Of nasss
who might be inconvenienced by having to go to
the ONCE OF the supervising principal at certain
the first corners had been Served. but also in the
interest," OF good school administration as 1t would
81 b sng principal more time 70 attehd
time the schools are organized. However, school
0f11c1alS do not think any great change can be
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buildings will not be here in time to take charge OF
the Issuing OF tickets.
THE SUPERVISING PRINCIPALS ON CIRCUIT.
1t Is probable that the work OF giving out tickets
VIII begin Thursday. 1t Is proposed to consider
the convenience OF the parents as far as possible
by having the supervising principals go to build
lngs In different parts OF hts division on different
DAYS This IS q matter, however, to be passed
day that the matter of assigning a certain
geographical area to each school building could
Investigation to determine Just what the limits in
each case should be.
Next Monday, as usual the pupils who were in
go to their old schools and from them be trans
ferred to new schools. On the following day new
pupils with tickets Of admission will be received
TEMPORARY LACK OF ROOM.
superintendent Powell remarked to-day that the
schools will be worse OF for room next Monday
than at the beginning OF the last school year.
This is due to the nOn-cOmpletiOn of the new
school buildings provided for by Congress AS
and buildings that have been rented have been
given up. SO for the first few weeks many schools
Will have to be- doubled up. When, however, the
expected that they will be ready for occupancy
within month after the schools are Opened-the
senoois VIII be better provided for than they have
POwells direction Will have seven new eight-roOm
buildings, beside three new school rooms in the
county, making, in all ffty-ntne additional school
rOOmS.
NEW SCHOOLS TO BE ORGANIZED.
Congress has provided for thirty -four additional
teachers this year. Nine OF these are for the
colored schools. OF the twenty-five left for the
white schools six are required In the new man
ual training and cooking schools and four In the
county leaving fifteen new teachers, which is
equivalent to fifteen new schools, In the white
will be elghth-grade schools, in districts where
there Is demand for such schools.